"You are one of Finlayson's KKK brigade:" I have little time for Finlayson. He has used the crown construct of mana whenua to screw Māori over time and again. You can throw names around all you like, but I'd be interested to see if you can explain what is ...
"Maori are not represented twice, despite your claim." I'm not sure I claimed they were represented twice, rather that they have a choice non-Māori do not. [Here you go again and this reminds me that you are still under Moderation and why – I will deal ...
"I view Seymour's non attendance as rude politically and even ruder personally" So do I. For all his faults, Luxon attended and addressed the comments directed at him about co-governance head on. Kanohi ki te kanohi.
"I think the world has moved on since then with the emphasis on the Treaty, righting wrongs, encouraging Te Reo. etc." It isn't good enough to simply argue every issue with 'but the Treaty'. What is the tangible benefit to Maori from having seperate Maori ...
"It is not as if they can vote on both rolls." That is a choice only open to Maori. "I call it circular as it requires being envious of someone who has had to get special treatment because their needs are greater than yours – in a bad way." No, it's about ...
I am quoting from a previous post. A choice no-one else has. (Edit: Most Maori choose to vote on the general roll. Perhaps eventually the decision will be made by maori themselves). Actually, they were bang on. "With the introduction of MMP in 1996, the ...
Apologies for no link: Effect of Māori seats – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
I'm not that interested in the 'game', which is why I haven't commented on Luxon's speech. I'm pushing back on the idea that opposition to the Māori seats is somehow racist, which seemed to me to be the point Muttonbird was making. It's both lazy and ...
" and the alternative options to Maori seats, such as a Maori Upper House (or otherwise rejection of parliamentary governance), " ...or acceptance of parliamentary governance as envisaged by the Royal Comission. "PS The loss..." These comments are thought ...
It is 'dual' in the sense that there are two bites of the cherry. Māori have a choice that no other citizen of the country has. In the case of seats on local council's, Māori effectively have two votes. And your KKK comment is silly. The 1986 Royal ...
Dual representation is the idea that separate Māori seats are an anachronism because Māori have exactly the same representation and voting rights via the general seats.
Rātana (the event) is not about celebrating 'church'; the celebration is about the man. Rātana was a remarkable leader, who fought against injustices promulgated against Māori, and held considerable political influence, particularly within the Labour Party...
There are many people who champion Māori aspiration and renaissance who also question the separatism associated with dual representation. David Seymour is one such person, who also happens to be Māori. Questioning Māori electoral options is not racism, it ...
I share your concern. The teacher whose letter was the catalyst for Coyne's piece wrote this: "Rather distressingly, it is quite political in how it presents the relationship of science to mātauranga Māori." Is this how the MoE rolls now?
Thanks Weka. "it would probably help discussions if someone linked to the current/recent curriculum." This is an overview. But I quote again from the teachers letter: "The highly decentralized nature of the NZ education system, coupled with the vague ...
It isn't a matter of being 'settled', in fact that in itself is a problematic concept. The issue is 'what is science?' I like the way the teacher who authored the letter describes science as a 'global endeavour'. It is both an approach to discovering how ...
Thanks for starting this discussion Weka. I am less interested in Coyne's breathless commentary than in the contents of the letter he received from the NZ teacher. That teacher (who wrote anonymously) wrote about the "re-alignment of the new NCEA science ...
Interesting comments, thanks. I live a few minutes stroll from what was David's electorate office on New North Road and met him on a number of occasions around his electorate work. I really liked David as a person, but I came to the view that he was in the...
I have re-read over your comments to me and I get the sense that they are about more than just disagreement. This thread started with me defending Labour against accusations that they are completely neoliberal, and somehow my responses have triggered you ...
"Not doing something is indeed a choice but it is not the same as actively implementing a policy, as you implied." Not doing something is absolutely implementing a policy when the Tax Working Group lays it out as a policy option, and when the now Finance ...
Well the TaxPayers Union, obviously. I'm more interested in who conducted the research.
Just in case you're left in any doubt: "Asked whether that meant Labour might finally consider any changes to tax thresholds, he (Grant Robertson) replied: “Look, we’ll see what happens, but I doubt it. That’s not our focus. We’ve been very clear that, at ...
"You are saying that Labour implemented a policy of/by not implementing a policy??" Yes. The word implement means to put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect. Not indexing tax brackets is a conscious policy decision. In fact the options for such...
Ah, thanks, I wasn't aware of that.
3Waters is a huge issue across the country. Refer page 24 of this link.
Labour have implemented a policy of not inflation indexing tax brackets. As the article states: "inflation pushing people into higher tax brackets has generated about three-and-a-half times as much revenue as the new 39% income tax rate.” Did you not read ...
Then he doubles down! MEDIAWATCH: Compare The Spinoff’s appraisal of Carmel Sepuloni to TDB’s and tell me they deserve NZ on Air money! | The Daily Blog
Labour have implemented a substantial increase in government expenditure. Labour have paved the way for significant increases in state house building, including increasing Kainga Ora's borrowing ability from crown financing as recently as November 2022. ...
"The outcome of all of these is inequality, " If analysed by its extremes, socialism also produces inequality, perhaps more so. But that's not the point. The current Labour Party in government is not completely neo-liberal, far from it.
The only poll I'm aware of comparing some of the potential Labour PM's (Taxpayers Union/Curia) shows he is the best option electorally for Labour. That same poll shows some key policies of the government are deeply unpopular, most notably 3Waters. It will ...
The core tenets of neo-liberalism are free market capitalism, deregulation and cuts to government spending. To describe today's NZ Labour Party as "completely neoliberal" is more than a stretch.
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